CDC researchers project that nearly a third of Americans could have type 2 diabetes by 2050 without action, against 7.8 percent in 2007. A Harvard study in Circulation found women with the disease who ate more bran died less often from all causes and from cardiovascular disease.
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Diabetes
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, blood sugar and diet.
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Psyllium fiber supplements help patients with diabetes mellitus
Bajorek and Morello reviewed seven studies and found psyllium fiber supplements and a low-glycemic-index diet improved glycemic markers, with 10.2 grams of psyllium a day lowering post-meal glucose and A1C. They call it a possible additional option for type 2 diabetes.
Drug
Drinking Coffee May Cut Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk
Among 1,141 American Indian adults with normal glucose tolerance followed 7.6 years, those drinking 12 or more cups of coffee a day had 67 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. A significant reduction showed up only at that level of consumption.
Diabetes
Drinking coffee may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Nutrition
Nearly a third of Americans may live with diabetes by 2050 - study
CDC researchers project annual diagnosed type 2 diabetes cases will rise from 8 per 1,000 in 2008 to about 15 by 2050, with total prevalence going from 14% to 21% - or to 33% if incidence keeps climbing while mortality stays low. They blame aging, minority population growth and longer survival.
Diet
Healthy diet helps memory, protects against disease
Forty-four overweight adults aged 50 to 75 spent four weeks on an anti-inflammatory diet of oily fish, barley, soy protein, blueberries, almonds, cinnamon and vinegar. LDL cholesterol fell 33 percent, blood lipids 14 percent, blood pressure 8 percent and a clotting marker 26 percent.
Diet
Mediterranean diet cuts risk of diabetes
Among 418 non-diabetic adults at high cardiovascular risk, four years on a Mediterranean diet with olive oil or with nuts brought about half the diabetes risk of a low-fat diet: 10.1% and 11.0% developed diabetes against 17.9% of controls, with no calorie restriction.
Drug
FDA: Risky diabetes drug Avandia should stay
The FDA will keep Avandia on the market but limit it to type 2 diabetes patients who cannot control the disease on other drugs. Agency reviewers David Graham and Thomas Marciniak, and cardiologist Steven Nissen, had urged a ban, calling the rival drug Actos safer.
Disease
Kids and Diabetes Risk: Do Chromosomes Hold New Clues?
USDA-funded researchers led by Nancy Butte are fine-mapping a region of chromosome 13 that influences fasting blood sugar, identified from DNA and glucose tests on 1,030 Hispanic children aged 4 to 19, hoping to yield biomarkers for type 2 diabetes risk.
Drug
Diabetes drug Actos linked to bladder cancer
The FDA said long-term use of pioglitazone was associated with a raised risk of bladder cancer in people with type 2 diabetes, citing animal studies and two three-year trials. It has not concluded the drug causes the risk and told patients not to stop taking it.
Drug
FDA: Diabetes drug Actos linked to bladder cancer
The FDA said it is reviewing a possible link between the diabetes drug Actos and bladder cancer. Five years of manufacturer data showed a statistically insignificant 20% overall increase, but a significant rise among patients on the drug more than two years or at the highest doses.
Food
Corn sugar new name proposed for high fructose corn syrup
The Corn Refiners Association has asked the FDA to let manufacturers call high fructose corn syrup “corn sugar.” The article cites Princeton research reporting HFCS caused more weight gain in lab animals than table sugar at equal quantities, along with added abdominal fat and higher triglycerides.
Vitamins
Could This Simple Habit Actually Reduce Cancer and Diabetes by 50%?
Reuters reports that vitamin D influences more than 200 genes, among them genes tied to cancer and multiple sclerosis, acting through receptors that bind specific spots on the genome. Mercola cites over 800 cancer studies and claims optimal levels can halve the risk of several cancers.
Food
Salmonella with Your Omelet? Don't forget Stroke and Ovarian Cancer
An opinion piece urging readers to stop buying eggs, citing salmonella, cholesterol, claimed links to diabetes and ovarian cancer, antibiotic residues, and undercover video of bloody, insect-covered eggs at a California farm.
Food
Eating eggs, breastfeeding affect risk of diabetes mellitus (type 2)
Women who never breastfed were nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as those who did, in a study of 2,233 women aged 40 to 78. A separate Harvard analysis of two large trials found diabetes risk rose with the number of eggs eaten.
Cancer
Breastfeeding Benefits Abound
A study of 2,200 women aged 40 to 78 found those who never breastfed were twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who did. Lead author Eleanor Bimla Schwarz attributes the difference to breastfeeding reducing maternal belly fat, a known diabetes risk factor.
Diabetes
Breastfeeding cuts risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Among 2,233 women aged 40 to 78, those who never breastfed were almost twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who breastfed at least a month, with 27 percent of the non-breastfeeding group affected. Researchers point to belly fat as a possible link.
Diabetes
On Diabetes, Mid-Life and Alzheimer's
A Neurology study tracked 135 people in a Japanese village for 10 to 15 years and found those with type 2 diabetes or related traits such as obesity, insulin resistance and high blood pressure were significantly more likely to develop the brain plaques seen in Alzheimer's.
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